Trunk attachment



0'. E. CARTMILL. TBUNK ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION.FILED NOV. 22 1920.

1,402.21 1 I Patented Jan. 3, I922.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRELL EARL CART- MILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stevens Point, in the county of Portage and State of Wisconsin, have invented :ycertain new and useful. Improvements in Trunk Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will engoods.

able others skilled in the. art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates to an attachment which is especially, although not necessarily, designed to be used in connection with wheel supported trunks known as cracker trunks}? whichvtype of trunks are used by cracker'manufacturers and other manufacturers for shipping their wares and It is generally well known that great quantitiesof crackers and cakes and other similar articlesare packedin tin boxes to prevent them from becoming broken when being shipped. These boxes are loaded in trunks which hold from eighteen to sixty boxes, and as these trunks are mounted on wheels to permit them to be easily and readily placed on and takenoif of the shipping cars, and as there is no device for pre venting rolling and movement of the trunks,

the contents of the tin boxes oftentimes become broken due to the fact that the various trunks bump into one another during .the movement of the train. When the inexpensive to both tive movement of the various trunks and, of

course, preventing breakage of the contents of the aforesaid boxes. H

The principal object of the invention is to provide an attachment for accomplishing the above results which is extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, and very the manufacturer and the user.

Another and very important object of the invention is to provide an attachment of'the above mentioned class which includes an anchoring arm and a retaining clip for bold ing the arm in an out of the way position Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 3, 1922.

Application filed November 22, 1920. Serial No. 425,822.

when the device is not in use, thus preventmg the same from becoming accidentally displaced by contact'with the sides of the car or with other trunks.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the lower portion of a cracker trunk showing my improved attachment in position thereon.

' Figure 2 is an enlarged view taken on the plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the device being shown in the position that it assumes when it is not in use.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the manner in which the device is used.

igure 4 is a detail perspective view of an attachment constructed in accordance with this invention;

Figure 5 is a detail the retaining clip.

Figure 6 is a slightly enlarged top plan view of a portion of the attachment, showing more clearly the hinge for attachment to the floor of the car.

Referring to the drawings, wherein the preferred embodiment of the invention is clearly illustrated, it will be seen that the letter T designates a wheel-supported trunk of the type used for transporting boxes con taining crackers and the like. Attached to the bottom of this trunk in the position shown, by means of a suitable attaching perspective view of bracket 2, is a movable arm or rod 3 provided at its outer end with a suitable device 4 designedto be connected to the floor F of a car. The above referred to parts may be of any suitable construction and arrangement, the part 2 being here shown inv the form of an inverted U-shaped bracket of an ordinary gate hinge for the purpose. With such a hinge, a nail or screw may be passed through one of the openings therein and through the floor of the car body. Thus, the arm can be easily anchored and when it is necessary to unload the car, the alate 4 may be priedup and disconnected from the floor very easily and readily. It. is to be noted that the device is to be so placed on the trunk, that the outer end of the anchoring arm 3 will not extend beyond the adjacent vertical wall of the trunk. This is done to prevent this arm from becoming struck'by one of the adjacent trunks and also to prevent the arm from striking the wall of the car. 4

It is desirable to retain the arm and hinge-plate l in an out-of-the-way position" of the arm 3.

In use, it is'understood that the trunks are shoved'into the car and placed in the desired positions therein.- Assuming that each trunk is equipped with an attachment of the type set forth, it will be seen that the arm 3 may be disengaged from the clip 8 and moved to'the position shown in Fig. 3,

after which the plate 4 may be detachably connected to the floor of the car'by'means of a nail or screw. Thus, the trunk is anchored and is prevented from moving about the floor of the car. When it is necessary to unload the car, all the freight handlers have to do is to pry up the plate l and move the arm 3 upwardly, whereby the latter will become engaged by the aforesaid clip and will be retained tion.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have devised an extremely in an out-of-the-way posietfective and simple attachment for trunks which permits the latter to be anchored to the floor of a car and thus prevented against movement. The parts which are employed to make up the device are extremely strong and durable and there are no parts to be come disarranged or get out of order. The anchoring arm is entirely protected when not in use and will not become broken because of contact with other trunks or other obstacles. The device is easy to attach and detach and will not interfere with easy loading and unloading of the trunks to and from the car as the case may be. r

'A careful consideration of the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying'drawings, is thought to be The clip suficient to enable persons skilled in the art to which this invention relates, to obtain various minor changes in the shape, size,

and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Iclaim:

1. In combination, a wheel supported article carrier, an anchoring armhingedly connected to said carrier and extending longitudinally of the carrier beneath the same, the anchoring arm beingfoldable up"- wardly beneath the carrier when out of use to position itout ofthe way, and floor engaging means pivotally connected with the free end of said anchoring arm and adapted to hang downwardly from the anchoring arm when the anchoring arm isin a raised position. r f

2. The structure set forth 7 in claim 1, there being a spring clip on the'carrier for holding the arm in an ineffective position.

3. A deviceof the class described comprising an anchoring. arm, means for pivotally connecting one end of said anchoring arm to a wheel supported article carrier, and securing means pivotally connected with the opposite end of said anchoring arm and adapted for connection to the floor of a shipping vehicle. 7

4. A device of the class described co1nprising a rod, an attaching bracket pivotally connected to one end of the latter and adapted for attachmentto the bottom of a wheel supported trunlnand an anchoring plate pivotally connected to the opposite end of said rod. V

5. A device of the class described com prisinga rod provided at one end with a and means carried by said rod f0ranchoring it to a stationary support.

7. The structure as setforth in claim 3,

and a retaining clip adapted to be connected apertured end of said rod being positioned with the shipping vehicle in position for between the arms of said bracket and the engaging said rod and retaining the latter aperture thereof being in alinement with in an out-of-the-way position. the apertures in said arms, a removable pivot 15 5 8. A device of the class described, compin extending through said apertures, and a prising a rod, apertured at one of its ends resilient U-shaped retaining clip associated and provided at its opposite end with a with said rod. pair of oppositely disposed pivot pintles, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set an apertured anchoring plate pivotally conmy hand.

10 nected to said intles, a U-shaped apertured attaching brac et, including a screw, the V ORRELL EARL CARTMILL. 

